There are several reasons why I’m on Twitter, not the least of which is the numerous gospel tweets from men like Scotty Smith, Tullian Tchividjian, and Paul Tripp. Yesterday, I took some time to compile all of Paul Tripp’s tweets on the subject of “grace” in one document. Several people have asked me to share [...]
Archive for September 2010
Paul Tripp on Twitter on Grace
September 30, 2010This Picture Tells It All
September 28, 2010I did not realize that I had captured this shot until I got back to the states. Since then, I have been unable to get it off my mind (click on the image to see a larger version). The expressions are gripping. Prayerful faith. Confident trust. Transcendent joy. Further back there is expressions of uncertainty, [...]
Can Anything Good Come Out of Haiti? Part 3
September 27, 2010–> Part 1. –> Part 2. While in Haiti, I learned some things that made a big impression on me, some of them I want to share with you. But before I do that, I want to mention that I am giving a 2-part report to my church on my experience in Haiti. The report [...]
Can Anything Good Come Out of Haiti? Part 2
September 23, 2010–> Part 1. You know about those emails from pastors or church leaders in another country asking for help? I get them all the time. Call me skeptical, but I’m pretty sure that most of them are not legit. So when I got an email from a pastor in Haiti in town looking for a [...]
Can Anything Good Come Out of Haiti? Part 1
September 22, 2010I’ve been back from Haiti for four days now. It hasn’t been easy to get back into the swing of things, and I’m not sure that it is supposed to after the sights and sounds of being in a third world country. I have been to numerous countries on short-term mission trips, but going to [...]
We Have Not Forgotten
September 14, 2010By the time you read this, I will be en route to Haiti for the rest of the week. How all this came about is rather remarkable. Like many of you, we felt an urgent need to minister in Haiti after the earthquake, especially since is located in our backyard (globally). We had already planned [...]
Church Planter by Darrin Patrick (Review)
September 11, 2010Last week, I took some time to review Darrin Patrick’s new book Church Planter. Below is all three parts compiled in one place. Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission by Darrin Patrick (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010), 238 pp. Buy: Amazon | WTS Bookstore Reviewed by Tim Brister The Man One does not have to [...]
What’s Next for Church Planting?
September 10, 2010That was the question asked to me by Collin Hansen of The Gospel Coalition. Darrin Patrick, Ed Stetzer, and I give our take on the future of church planting. Below is my response. On a network level, I believe we will see second- and third-level decentralization where there are networks within networks, whether they are [...]
Church Planter by Darrin Patrick (video trailer)
September 1, 2010Fore more info, go here.
Skye Jethani on Living with God
September 13, 2010Here is a good word from Skye Jethani. As he explains, I think the performance-driven push of living for God has inoculated many Christians from enjoying life with God through the good of the gospel. This is something I was very guilty of when serving as a student minister. It was a ministry built on [...]
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